“Sex, Plenty of Alcohol, Girl Talk, A White Horse Roaming The Streets and Stark Black and White Cinematography? Those are just some of the elements that Hungarian actor renátó olasz brings to the screen in his ha feature Directorial Debut Stars of Little Importance (Minden CSILINE) Executive Produced by None Other”, – WRITE: www.hollywoodReporter.com
“A Brother and Sister Return Home from the Capital for Christmas to Reunite With Childhood Friends and First Loves,“ Reads A synopsis. “They Hold A Party. They Drink Heavily. Nothing Is The Same As Before. But Everything Is Good, Right?”
“Through the siblings’ eyes, we obernated an abandoned City, WHERE TIME HAS FROZEN, AND WE Experience Some Hungarian Rural Destinies,“ It Continues. “The Siblings Must Face Some Questions: WHERE Are they Going Now Now Are Are 30 Years Old? Is this How How they ImagINED THEIR LIVES Wuld be any Were Teenagers?”
Olasz and his co-Dramaturg Anna Háor Didn’T Write a Script, Opting Insthead to Discuss with Their Cast Key Themes and Scenes and Leaving Most Up to Improvisation. The Cast Consts of Olasz, Andrea Waskovics, Emőke Pál and János Szén. Csaba bántó handed cinematography, with Judit Czakó as Editor and Music Courtesy of ádám mészáros.
The Producer of Stars of Little Importance IS Genovéva Petrovits of Kino Alfa.
Thr Asked Olasz About Adding Feature Directing to His Resume, How Handled The Double Duty of Director and Actor, His Relationship with Tarr and Howe How The Made The Lavie on A LOVIE BUDE BUDE BUDE BUDE THE A LOVE. Support from Hungary’s Government.
The Filmmaker Doesn’t See his New Directing Credit As A Big Leap from His Acting Work. “I HOLD A MASTER’S DEGREE IN DIRECTING. I FINIED SCHOOL BEFORE GOING to ACTING SCHOOL, But From My Very Young Age, Including in High School, Wich Had a DRAMA CLASS also acted in [them]“He explained.“ SO, I have this passion for creating, and i Wanted to transform that into the filmmaking process. And I Like Creating in A Community. ”
Olasz Met Tarr Who The Latter Taught a workshop in Budapest. “SINCE THEN, WE HAVE BEEN FRIENDS, AND HE’S MY MENTOR, My MASTER,“ OLASZ TOLD Thr. “He have supeported me through whofrtunately. Unfortunately, he is currently in a hospital due to a health Issue and can be hee, but he have elah, reality.
There is Really Only One Core Lesson Hearned From Tarr. “Béla Teaches Only One Thing: Just Be Yourself,“ He Explained. “Just DO WHAT YOU REALLY Feel Like and Don’t Give A Shit About Any Rules.”
One of the Inspirations for the Film and Shooting It in the Town Olasz Was Born Came on a Scouting Trip. “My cinematographer and i are Really Good Friends, and We Were on A Location Scout for Another Project in Our Hometown One Night, and We Just Drove Thound. Director Recalled. “And WHEN WE SAW The FOOTAGE, we just realized that this city is fucking Empty and everything Has Changed. You Know, It Just Looks Like ME. IT WAS LIKE A PUNCH TO MY Face.
One Thing Hasn’t Changed, However: The Pub That Features Prominently in the Film Is Where Olasz Spent Much of His Young Life. “The Actual Pub Was The Pub of My Childhood and My Teenage Years,“ Says Olasz. “And’s True What Wat I Say at the Beginning of the Movie – That My Paarents Fell In Love At That Bar. It Looks The Same As It Did 40 Years Ago. Nothing Has Changed. Because It Has A Lot of Memories in It. ”
Despite this being his first feather, olasz was adamant about work with a script. “I WANTED TO TRY MY OWN METHOD. AND BECAUSE OF MY BACKGROUND IN THEater, I REALLY LIKE TO CREATE WITH The ACTORS, The Dramaturg, and The Dop from The Very Beginning,” Olasz Tolasz. “SO we figured out themes, topics and Characters with each of the other. I Created tons of Notes, But We Really on Ideas For Scenes But No Dialague. Every Day, We Met. Wanted to Shoot That Day and What We Wanted to Express in the Scenes, and We Figured It All Out. ”
Key Themes the Creatives Wanted to Explore Include “Nostalgia and Melancholy,” Olasz Said. “But it was my aim to combine Poetic cinematic Language with Really Raw, Naturalistic Stuff. And Just Miss Movies with Stuff from Real Life, You Know, EveryBody Vomiting Oser User and not just the depressive Stuff, But Also The Humor and Jokes and Everything.
Olasz Cited John Cassavetes As One of His Favorite Filmmakers. “I REALLY LIKE HW HANDLED REAL LIFE, How We Exist, How We Behave,“ He Said. “I LIKE TO JUST OBERVE THIS Kind of Thing.”
SO WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THE WHITE HORSE SHOWN REPEATEDLY THRUGHOUT the MOVIE? “There is no exactally mening. I’m not philosophical,“ The Filmmaker Told Thr. “I Wanted Something Emotion for the Audience’s Brain and Soul. The White Horse Could Be a Dream, It Could Be Reality, It Could Be Anything MEANING TO IT TO LET the AUDIENCE MEMBERS THINK AND FEEL WHAT WANT. ”
Does olasz have a new idea for a Second Feature as A Director? “I have an Idea,“ HE TOLD Thr, But Mentioned that Money Remains A Challenge. “We have been this movie with Much Money, SO I TRIED TO WORK IN A LOW-BUDGET WAY, NOT A NO-BUDGET WAY,“ HE SAID. In Hungary, “It’s Impossible” to Get Funding Due to the Right-Wing Government of Viktor Orbán, Olasz Said. “If You Are Not Loyal to the Government, You Can’T Get Any Money. If You Are Not A Propagandist, You Can’T Get Money. It’s Really Hard to Work in Hungary Under.